10 Tips for Creating Enchanting Evening Makeup Looks

In the evening, reach for a long-lasting foundation formula that will look beautiful all night long. I recommend reaching for a medium or full-coverage foundation that perfects the look of your complexion and creates a flawless-looking base for the rest of your makeup to glide onto. When dialling up an evening makeup look by enhancing the look of the lips and eyes and applying blush, bronzer and contour, I like to work on a perfected-looking canvas as this helps the colours and textures look more seamless on the skin.

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Contouring is the secret to unlocking the sculpted-looking facial framework that your evening makeup look is calling for. Always remember, darlings, for contour to successfully trick the eye and create a chiselling effect, you need to follow the dimensions of your individual face shape. Once you have identified whether you have a heart, diamond, square, oval or round face, you’ll discover how to contour your cheekbones, jawline and forehead to create the illusion of a more sculpted face shape.

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The evening is a perfect time to apply highlighter thanks to all the flattering types of light that are on display. From magical moonlight to ambient candlelight and mesmerising spotlights, the night will cast all sorts of light onto your face that will interact beautifully with the glow you’ve created with your highlighter. Applying a highlighter that plays with the light and gives your face and cheeks a gorgeous glow will light up the look of your evening makeup and ensure all eyes are on you!

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Your evening makeup look is the perfect opportunity to experiment with your eye makeup. Choose a brighter-coloured eyeshadow than usual or add glistening shimmer shades to your go-to neutral eyeshadow looks to dial up your eye makeup ready for the evening. Buff a shimmering cream eyeshadow onto the lids for a simple wash of eye-enhancing colour, or perhaps apply a dazzling single eyeshadow all over the lid for an instant shot of shimmer.

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My signature feline flick is the perfect addition to every evening makeup look! I love to create the most magical cat-eye effect by gliding a liquid or kohl eyeliner upwards and outwards from the lash line to form a classic wing. Winged eyeliner gives your eye look an instant lift effect and creates a sensationally sultry look that suits everyone! I love to wear a feline flick at any time of day, darlings, but in the evening, I like to go bigger, bolder, and more ferocious!

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Everything looks diffused at night, darlings, so amplify the look of your lashes with a pair of false eyelashes or a couple of extra coats of mascara. False eyelashes are a wonderful way to cheat the look of fluttery, fanned-out lashes, however, layering lashings and lashings of volumising, lift-effect mascara can build up a mesmerising lash look that rivals the look of false eyelashes! When your lashes look fuller and more defined, they will enhance the look of your eye makeup and pop in any pictures from the evening.

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Make a statement with your evening makeup by applying a bold and beautiful shade of lipstick! During the daytime, so many of us opt for barely there lipstick shades like nudes and pinks – so I’m encouraging you to change things up on your evening out! Whether you wear a vibrant red, a beautiful berry, an out-of-the-box orange, or a perfect plum, make a statement with your lipstick and you’re sure to turn heads for all the right reasons!

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Darlings, during the daytime it can be easy to over-do your blush, but the evening is every blush lover’s time to shine! Evening makeup looks are dressier and more dialled up than a simple daytime look, so add an extra dot or two of beautifying liquid blush – perhaps even choose a bolder, brighter shade than you normally would to really make the apples of your cheeks pop! Your blush is often the first part of your makeup to fade, darlings, so don’t be afraid to add a little bit more!

Tilbury Tip: When you apply your eye and lip makeup before blush, it becomes easier to gauge how much blush will suit your look, so I suggest always applying your blush last.

Adding a finishing powder to your evening makeup routine will help to give your complexion a flawless, poreless-looking finish. Finishing powder helps to blur and beautify the look of skin; applying a soft veil of powder on top of your foundation and concealer helps products to look seamless and gives your look an airbrushed effect. I recommend picking up finishing powder on a fluffy brush, tapping off the excess and then lightly pressing it into the skin for an effortless blend.

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When you’re partying all night, darlings, setting spray is non-optional. A lightweight veil of setting spray helps to meld your liquid, cream and powder makeup together, creating an airbrushed, flawless look. Setting spray is essential for helping your makeup to last all evening long – it smooths and blurs the look of your complexion while locking in your evening makeup look with magical staying power!

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My beach to bar makeup look is a casual, beachy makeup look that embodies that fresh-from-the-surf feeling. It’s a sun-kissed, easy, breezy look that captures the effortless, summertime feeling of an Ibizan escape where golden goddesses take their makeup from day to night by swiping on some lipstick, a cream eyeshadow and lots of cream bronzer while on their way to a bustling beach bar.

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Nothing is more timeless than a red lipstick look – it symbolises ultimate makeup confidence and is instant glamour! Letting an iconic red lipstick be the star of your evening makeup look is a simple but impactful way to dial up your makeup. Whether you love a blue-red like Airbrush Flawless Lip Blur in Ruby Blur, a hot, orange-red like Hot Lips in Tell Laura, or a true red like Matte Revolution in Red Carpet Red, discover the perfect red for you and unlock limitless makeup confidence!

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Darlings, my Hollywood glow secrets look gorgeous in every type of light! I’ve created glowing makeup looks on red carpets around the world using my glow-giving icons: Hollywood Flawless Filter, Beauty Light Wands and Hollywood Glow Glide Face Architect Highlighters, as well as my sculpting-effect Hollywood Contour Wands to unlock the ultimate Hollywood-inspired complexion. Use my Hollywood makeup must-haves to create a luminous evening makeup look that makes you glow like a Hollywood star!

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Pillow Talk is for every occasion, darlings! My iconic, nude-pink shade has beautified lips, cheeks and eyes around the world on countless evenings. Discover the magic of my Pillow Talk collection and use my universally flattering products to create an enchanting evening makeup look that goes with everything! Keep it understated with a classic Pillow Talk pout and lashings of Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! mascara, or dial it up with my Hypnotising Pop Shot in Pillow Talk Diamonds – Diamond Dimension and my Pillow Talk Beauty Light Wand.

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Beginning your eye makeup with a silky, matte eyeshadow creates a smooth canvas for the rest of your eye makeup to glide onto. Buffing a matte cream or powder eyeshadow onto the eyelids and eye area helps to conceal the look of veins and pigmentation around the eyes and forms a smoother-looking surface for eyeshadows and eyeliners to build on top of. I recommend choosing a shade that closely matches your skin tone to create a natural-looking starting point for your evening eye makeup.

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As you would during the day, brush a soft eyeshadow shade through the eye socket to accentuate the look of the crease. Neutral shades like browns, tans and taupes are perfect for creating light dimension around the eyes; they can be worn alone as an understated eye look, or pair perfectly with any eyeshadow colours that you want to add to your evening makeup look.

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To add drama and dimension to your evening eye makeup, take a darker shade of eyeshadow and stamp it into the outer corners of the eyes. Darker colours make more of a statement than soft neutrals and are a perfect way to elevate your eye look. Whether you prefer to work with deep browns, blacks, burgundies or aubergines, you can use eyeshadow to create a slick V shape that extends from the outer corner of your eye and travels back towards the crease. This technique elongates and contours the look of the eyes while creating a more intense colour gradient.

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Adding winged eyeliner to your look is perfect for giving your eyes that captivating, cat-eye effect. I create my signature feline flick by gliding eyeliner along the upper lash line – staying as close to the lashes as possible – then extending upwards and outwards at the outer corner to create a fabulous flick. Winged eyeliner instantly elevates your makeup look – it’s a classic, go-to look for all occasions!

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Give your eye makeup a sparkling shift for the evening by patting a shimmering eyeshadow all over the lid. Lighting up the look of your eyes with shimmer, sparkle and glitter shades gives your evening makeup a fun, party-ready feel, and choosing a shade that beautifully complements your outfit can make your look pop. Experiment with duochrome and multichrome eyeshadows for a magical, colour-shifting look, or reach for your favourite Luxury Palette or Hypnotising Pop Shot to add flattering, flawless-looking shimmer to your eye look.

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Highlighting the inner corners and the brow bone makes your eye look appear more luminous. Using a pearlescent eyeshadow shade or your favourite highlighter to illuminate the look of your eyes creates a beautiful, eye-opening effect. Lighter, brighter shades will capture the evening light, drawing attention to your eyes and helping them to appear even more mesmerising.

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Mascara is the secret to fanned-out, fluttering lashes. Apply lashings and lashings of your favourite mascara formula to tie your eye makeup look together, making lashes appear bolder, lifted and more voluminous. A jet-black mascara formula like Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! mascara in Super Black will define the look of each individual lash, building up a beautiful lash look that helps your eyes look wide awake.

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Darlings, complete your evening eye makeup by applying a set of false eyelashes. You can achieve your desired volume by applying plenty of mascara, but for lash lovers everywhere, adding false eyelashes to your look adds that special star quality to your eye makeup. Once your eye look is complete, reach for your favourite lash style and carefully attach them to your lash line with eyelash glue. Just like that, your eye makeup appears maximalist and super-glam!

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